By Ben Levisohn

Thousands of Egyptiansbattled outside the Presidential Palace on Wednesday, as supporters of Egypt’s Islamist President Mohammed Morsi broke up a sit-in staged by his opponents, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Turkey’s taking advantage of its new investment-grade credit rating. The Financial Times reports that on Wednesday, Turkey issued $1 billion in long-term debt denominated in U.S. dollars, with the 29-year bond yielding 4.352%, its lowest on record. Turkey’s Istanbul Stock Exchange National 100 Index rose 0.68% today.

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Emerging markets have been synonymous with growth, but the outlook for individual nations is constantly changing. Countries from Brazil and Russia to Turkey face challenges including infrastructure bottlenecks, credit issues and political shifts. Barrons.com’s Emerging Markets Daily blog analyzes news, data and research out of emerging markets beyond Asia to help readers navigate the investment landscape.

Barron’s veteran Dimitra DeFotis has been blogging about emerging market investing since traveling to India and Turkey. Based in New York, she previously wrote for Barron’s about U.S. equity investing, including cover stories and roundtables on energy themes. Dimitra was among the first digital journalists at the Chicago Tribune and started her career as a police reporter at the Daily Herald in the Chicago suburbs. Dimitra holds degrees from the University of Illinois and Columbia University, where she was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in the business and journalism schools. She studies multiple languages and photography.